Research Guides: SSW : Social Work: Background Information

Getting Started

DSM Library This link opens in a new window Full text versions of all editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders plus related current casebooks and handbooks.
Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new window A scholar-curated library of subject bibliographies in the humanities & social sciences; each entry offers a guided tour through key literature on a topic.
Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window Review essays evaluating the current thinking on a field or topic. Articles review the key issues, reveal original arguments and concepts, and set the agenda for new research.
Psychiatry Online This link opens in a new window Includes the DSM V and related texts, earlier editions of the DSM, five full text journals, plus selected texts, guidelines, self-assessment tools, and reference works.
Routledge Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window DRM-free handbooks offering peer-reviewed research articles in the humanities, social sciences, education, psychology, engineering & built environment. Chapters can be browsed, searched, viewed & downloaded.

Historical Statistics of the United States 1531-2000 This link opens in a new window Covers population, work & welfare, the economy, and government. Data may be downloaded and custom tables created. Includes essays, data reliability and references to secondary literature.

SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator A confidential and anonymous source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities in the United States or U.S. Territories for substance use/addiction and/or mental health problems.

Statistical Abstract of the United States [ProQuest] 2013+ This link opens in a new window A collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States and selected international data. Continues Census Bureau title.
Statistical Abstract of the United States [U.S. Census Bureau] 1878-2012 This link opens in a new window The National Data Book, containing a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States and selected international data. Continued by ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States.